Hood for forges



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JAMES WINOHELL, OF SPRINGFIELD, OHIO.

HOOD FOR FORGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,901., dated .April 29, 1884:.

Application tiled September 7, 1883. (No model.)`

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Beit known that I, J AMEs' F. VVINCHELL, a citizen ofthe United States, resident at Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoods for Forges; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make an'd use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a` representation of an end elevation of the forge with the hood in place. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the hood removed.

This invention has relation to hoods for portable forges; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a door for the hood7 as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the` claimappended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates the top plate of the forge, which is Vmounted on suitable legs, and

'is provided with any of the known mechanisms for driving the fan. The top plate or nre-pot is bowl shape in this instance, and the hood e is bolted to its rim, the base of the hood being similar in shape to the rim of the bowl. The t'p of the hood is conical in form.

a designates the door-space, and b' the Hue leadingfrom the hood. The doorg is in the form of a section of ahollow cylinder, having` a section of a hollow cone top surmounted by a conical cap-ring, b', which rests upon the conical top c of the hood around and below the iiue b.

f designates the handle of the door. The door extends down the side of the hood and overlaps the flange h below the door-space a', but does not reach the groove lformed between the rim of the fire-pot and the hood. The door does not therefore slidein the groove, which is liable to be obstructed by coal dust and ashes, but swings around above it.

The cap-ring b is not likely to be burned out, as hinges are, being farther from the re and on the outside of the hood. l

A hood of this construction is very convenient for use where articles are to be melted, as it prevents the fumes from escaping into the room, and when not needed it may be swung around out of the way.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a forge, the combination, with aV hood having a door-space and a conical top, of a revolving door supported on the hood-top by a cap-ring, substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. VINOHELL.

Witnesses:

THEO. MUNGEN, J oHN D. MoEEoW. 

